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By the way... I'm not mad at the government. We have exactly the government we deserve. I'm mad at EVERYBODY. From the pols pandering to the lowest common denominator doing what is expedient instead of what will actually work to the corporate leaders lined up both at the public trough AND picking the pockets of their own honest shareholders, to the tea party idiots who's entire idea of doing something is simply to "rebell against da gubbermint" (and fill the pockets of the rather shrewed people marketing that "rebellion" for their own gain). No. I'm fed up with the entire lot of US.
I thought this editorial summed it up fairly neatly:
http://www.slate.com/id/2243797/
quoted in part here:
(SORRY KIT, I MISSED THAT YOU HAD POSTED THIS SAME EDITORIAL!)
(Here's a part you didn't quote)
The usual way to describe such inconsistent demands from voters is to say that the public is an angry, populist, tea-partying mood. But a lot more people are watching American Idol than are watching Glenn Beck, and our collective illogic is mostly negligent rather than militant. The more compelling explanation is that the American public lives in Candyland, where government can tackle the big problems and get out of the way at the same time. In this respect, the whole country is becoming more and more like California, where ignorance is bliss and the state's bonds have dropped to an A- rating (the same level as Libya's), thanks to a referendum system that allows the people to be even more irresponsible than their elected representatives. Middle-class Americans really don't want to hear about sacrifices or trade-offsâ€â€except as flattering descriptions about how ready we, as a people, are, or used to be, to accept them. We like the idea of hard choices in theory. When was the last time we made one in reality?
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